Im all for freedom, but I think if youre dead, you dont have any freedoms at all, Isbell said. Not saying something is not helping. When I wrote my first piece for Rolling Stone, Id had an abortion before. And I was like, my granddad was in Alcatraz? Here was my life five years ago, and heres my life now. In an interview on MSNBC Monday, Isbell stated the response he has received from people who work at the venues and in the music business has been positive because they understand we could go back to not working at all, adding that smaller venues might not be able to reopen if they go through another round of shutdowns. I was snared by your wrist. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham. I want Garth Brooks out there telling people that womens health is a priority. And I wrote Fault Lines and then I texted it to him, just like youd imagine. Were proud to be from that area. At age 34, hes got the baggy eyes of a man who has spent a lot of time thinking hard late at night. Why did you want to form this group? And she was like, I had no idea. And there was a guy that also played the guitar, like a multi-instrumentalist side person. The Idol: How HBOs Next Euphoria Became Twisted Torture Porn Editors picks Amanda Shires' To the Sunset comes out Aug. 3. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. You can just say Im crazy. Not standing up for folks is not helping and its not right. GROSS: You forced yourself in the position of having him hear you play? You can call me serious trouble. And Im coming for you like a hawk for the dove. Fully renovated in 1994, the Ryman has never been more vibrant, attracting entertainers and fans from around the globe to enjoy its now legendary acoustics and rich history.Connect with the Ryman Auditorium:Like the Ryman Auditorium on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/rymanfbCheck out the Ryman Auditorium on INSTAGRAM: ttp://bit.ly/RymanInstagram Follow the Ryman Auditorium on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/tweettherymanBEHIND THE SCENES with Amanda Shires | Backstage at the Ryman | Ryman Auditoriumhttp://www.youtube.com/user/RymanAuditorium#AmandaShires, #Ryman, #TheHighwomen, #RymanAuditorium, #BackstageattheRyman And these guys are in their 70s and 80s, and it was very much like hanging out with lots of granddads. Wade was leaked last month, Amanda Shires shared some personal news on social media. A parking lot at night is a setting in which many women have learned to feel unsafe, to hurry about their business with heightened awareness that any strange figure approaching may have sinister intentions. When the band step back from their microphones to begin the extended breakdown, Isbell smiles like a boy on a great adventure. The Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist from Green Hill, Ala., made headlines in 2021 for requiring proof of vaccination or proof of a recent negative COVID test to attend his concerts. And I said, OK, well, Ill be the healer. I was learning orchestra and classical music in school and privately. Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. When youre trying to make a tough decision, you need a lot of support. Well be right back. Musician Adia Victoria also tweeted at Isbell and praised the artist for continuing to put the health and safety ofhis crew, my band, venue employees and fans first and foremost, to which he replied with three heart emojis. GROSS: Well, in 2020, you and your husband, Jason Isbell, recorded a duet of a song you wrote called The Problem. And the song is from the perspective of a teenage couple. So heres my guest, Amanda Shires, and Jason Isbell singing her song, The Problem.. So either you have surgery or I think you die. And because of that, I felt like we should make it something thats as safe as it can possibly be. Shes also one of the founders of the group the Highwomen. And it took me back to the reason I came to writing and doing music in the first place, which is expression and trying to do something for me that could make me make sense, I guess. Despite the many questions as to why she was undergoing the procedure which she described as having "cells removed" despite trolls labeling her a "baby killer" Shires wrote at the time, "The reasons that I chose to have an abortion are personal, and they are mine." It's a sentiment that Shires has echoed many times since. I know they enjoy it. SHIRES: (Singing) I was a healer. Is a chrysalis a butterfly? But I had about seven different album sequences going on. The South is in need of a lot of help, Shires tells Rolling Stone. It took me a minute to really learn how to improvise, Shires says of those early years. SHIRES: You want to come to the play the show tomorrow night, too? Thats what I want. But she was very good at keeping a lot of secrets. Ive been around so many people for so long who were. People forget that, if you take away access to reproductive healthcare, youre going to be killing moms like me. And this is basically, like, a country supergroup. And I thought if Im going to get any rest, Im going to have to do something about this. And so I felt in my mind, I felt those things. In 2020, she penned an op-ed for Rolling Stone about why abortion rights matter. We found music, and then being in the Shoals area just gave us an early look at all the places music can take you. Then I told my friend Dave Cobb about my idea and he really liked it, and he said, Im going to have you meet Brandi Carlile. During "Break Out the Champagne," Shires wryly relates an account of a female friend who was dumped by a dullard, only to realize that he'd never really satisfied her anyway: "I'm rock and rock and roll, and you're golf." Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble. Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires perform at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. And it also made me stronger in the fact that I could feel comfortable singing about it and talking about it. Home to the Grand Ole Opry from 1943-1974, the Ryman earned the moniker \"Mother Church of Country Music\" as the genres of country and bluegrass developed on its stage and found a national audience on radio and television. Lawrence Rothman has been a model of self accepting themselves. SHIRES: I found that out for Christmas, Jasons merchandise guy, Chance, gave us each our family trees. If you want a partner, take my hand or only you want to strike me down in anger, here I stand. SHIRES: Oh, I would have had to find somebody to drive me to Mexico or somewhere else. 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GROSS: So that was the Highwomen, which is a song performed by the supergroup The Highwomen, which was co-founded by my guest, Amanda Shires, and Brandi Carlile. And one day, we wound up in the studio, and we cut the song. Former Drive-By Trucker is enjoying a breakout moment with new album 'Southeastern'. And it was much safer for us to sleep in the closet with the TV at the bail bonding place than to be left to her own devices at home. So when you started taking lessons with Frankie McWhorter and then became part of the band, how much did you know about Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys? The Problem wraps up by driving home the weight of the decision for her character. I got to a certain age and realized I couldnt be Indiana Jones.. On forming the all-female country super-group The Highwomen. Were you in Texas at the time? And after he did his time, he didnt say anything about it. Im glad to hear it. Curled up on the floor with it all. Like, dont cry; dont show your emotions; be stoic; be strong; everything else is weakness. GROSS: That sounds really, really awful. And I was trying to sing that song A Little Walk With You (ph). I didnt start learning how to accept my voice until recently. As if to match it, she experimented for the first time with filtering the sound of her fiddle through effects pedals, which lends her playing a fierce luminescence. Web0:00 / 2:57 Amanda Shires - Fault Lines (Official Audio) Amanda Shires 26.8K subscribers Subscribe 23K views 6 months ago "Fault Lines" is on Amanda Shires' new album. The Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist from Green Hill, Ala., made headlines in 2021 for requiring proof of vaccination or proof of a recent negative COVID test to attend his concerts. So it was just like a week and a half or two weeks afterwards that Texas banned abortion. What made you think of yourself as his disciple? AMANDA SHIRES AND JASON ISBELL: (Singing) Everythings going to be OK. Its going to be all right. Long before weathering the isolating COVID-19 pandemic, Shires had endured years of studio experiences where producers and musicians undermined her And Bob Wills was, like, the father of Western Swing, which combined country music and jazz. And tell us how. Singer, songwriter and fiddle player Amanda Shires still remembers the moment she fell in love with the fiddle. SHIRES: Thats all you have to say? Amanda Shires opens her new album To the Sunset with a strikingly different scenario. She co-founded the country supergroup The Highwomen, which includes Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby. You can say its all my fault. I just fell in love with the music, is what happened. Jason Isbell Releases Death Wish' From New Album I could just trust based on how Leonard Cohen did all that work for us. Do you think God still sees me, coming out of this twilight sleep? she asks, before the band carries the song out with a powerful extended coda. GROSS: So that was Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys from 1940, their song, New San Antonio Rose, with Leon McAuliffe on steel guitar. And, you know, I didnt know that this was a thing you should normally ask to do cause I was young. Jason Isbell will put his tour on hold after announcing he tested positive with for COVID-19. But for me, I was just happy to be up there playing music I loved. "Last night you walked me to my car / You said, 'You won't be getting far before you turn around,'" she sings, her phrasing seesawing and scampering. Oh, I could have crowed. Well close with the opening track from Amanda Shires new album. In Portland, he led the band (including his wife on fiddle) through charging, heartfelt songs that often sounded like the cavalry was coming. And it was a picture of hands holding on to nothing. The former Drive-By Truckers newfound sobriety, a recurring topic of discussion (and of his exceptional songwriting), may have cost him some of his sense of adventure, but it has undoubtedly focused his attention on his craft. And I also went to Greece and hung out at his house. And I dont know how I feel about that. SHIRES: I began writing that song when I did the record My Piece Of Land a long while back. As they talked, Isbell was struck with a realization. I heard in 22 songs, one womans voice I heard. When her distinctive vibrato appears on To the Sunset, as a subtle emotive tool or punctuation in her storytelling, it feels like an electrical charge shuddering through the live wire of her voice. SHIRES: No, not until a couple of years ago. And I was like, thats what I want to do, because you play this song. My daughter was about a year old, and I was getting into my touring van because I hadnt worked my way into a bus yet. People will have to prove that they have been raped. Her new album is Take It Like a Man. But I thought, what am I going to do about that, in the event that she does go into country music? Ive found and scrounged and continue to for every interview that hes done in any form, in any language. For the past decade or so, Amanda Shires has sung about the dark shades of relationships lapsed communication, broken trust, fading intimacy with a devastating eye for detail. Members get extended access to PBS video on demand and more. I am Terry Gross. And I really liked it. Say whatever feels better or whatever. You dont see a lot of men speaking up, and every voice is helpful. Since writing that op-ed, I have had reproductive healthcare that some might call an abortion when I was hospitalized in Texas on August 9, 2021, with a ruptured fallopian tube caused by an ectopic pregnancy. I mean, only just now nine months later, interestingly enough have I returned to having normal periods. Elizaveta Porodina/Courtesy of the artist, Naming The Beast: Jason Isbell And Amanda Shires On Speaking Up In 2017. And then my orchestra teacher recommended me to a private violin teacher. Amid the rise in infections, it was reported last week that one of the worlds most prominent concert promoters, Live Nation, will allow artists performing at its venues to require guests in the U.S. to show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test. This is FRESH AIR. In 2016 I was going on the road. Likewise, the changes underway to the Supreme Court after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg could also mean that abortion rights will come under fire nationally. And a lot of its multilayered, the meaning take it like a man. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. But they also understood that I was a kid. I wouldnt go back and change it. And then you also get to play you get to improvise, which is when you go off the page, as they say, or you just play what you feel within the chords. She has performed as a member of the Texas Playboys, Thrift Store Cowboys, and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, as well as in a duo with Rod Picott. Thats the percentage of people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 who have not had a breakthrough case resulting in hospitalization or death, according to the CDC. Im your Amanda. Im glad to be a listener and also glad to see folks from those generations supporting the right to choose. And I said, yes, Id love to. requiring proof of vaccination or proof of a recent negative COVID test, even facing backlash from his fellow artists, Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. Is there a song that youd like to do? GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. But and after you did the main melody part, you get to improvise. GROSS: Well, I want to play a song performed by The Highwomen, and the song is actually called The Highwomen, and its a song sung from the point of view of different women. I think thats what people keep forgetting. I cant see a thing from here. And here it sits. (In "Wasn't I Paying Attention," a tale of dramatically staged, small-town suicide, for example, the way she sings the word "attention" amplifies the narrator's unsettled state.) SHIRES: (Singing) If you want a lover, Ill do anything you ask me to. So Amanda, you took fiddle lessons from Frankie McWhorter, who played with Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys from 60 to 62 62 was the year that Bob Wills had a heart attack and retired for a long time from music. And Frankie and Lanny, my teachers we were at Lannys house the first time Tommy came over, and then, I met him. Her latest album is called Take It Like A Man. Well be right back. And then, we did it, sing the song. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. And luckily, my teacher was one of those good and rare teachers that notices when you know, when a student needs a little more help. Its an often-times divisive topic, and I dont want to bring any hurt to my family by doing something like putting out a song about this topic, but I lost all that fear when I got angry. I dont understand why its such a big issue, as big of an issue as it is. Can you play something that you think kind of epitomizes the style that you learned and fell in love with? Its all control.. People are still going to get abortions, and were going to have to keep peoples secrets, and house people, and try to do the best we can. And I remember the first time I sang ever, Leon Rausch had to hold my hand. 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, WNET is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. And as it happened, eventually the auxiliary cable quit working in the van. So I would be studying my pieces. AMANDA SHIRES: (Singing) Youre leaving now through the hole of an argument. And I was reading mine. Then I get to the end of the recording process and try to decide what makes the best collection of songs. People dont have to come to a concert, Isbell said. Amanda Shires. SHIRES: Well, that was that parts a secret, Terry. SHIRES: Oh, yeah. So lets do that. So did you ever visit her at work? But this part of my life in our marriage was difficult. And in this certain period of time, there was a lot. Yeah, I can do an excerpt. Recently, I had an ectopic pregnancy, she tweeted. It was Fault Lines.. And even on the charts, theres one spot usually I think in 2016, there was 13% representation of women to men on country radio, and now it still sits pleasantly at 16% on a good week. I still miss the way you lean in. Amy Salit and Susan Nyakundi produced and edited this interview for broadcast. That way, there could be a more kind of a wider effort to try and have the conversation with folks and realize that youre not alone. And I said, OK. And then I fell in love. It de-stigmatizes the conversation. SHIRES: (Singing) Im well aware of what the nights made of. GROSS: How did you end up actually playing in the Texas Playboys band? The tracks release Thank you for performing for us. When do you show him the songs? So since they are personal songs, you had to decide to say that. We would sleep on the floor in the closet there because she would do the night shift, because she would was going to school in the daytime for being a nurse. SHIRES: The audience really never went wild over me because it took me a minute to really learn how to improvise. ", In the bruising roots rocker "Eve's Daughter," propelled by a tense groove and serrated, scraggy guitar riffs, Shires plays the part of a woman so desperate to expand her horizons and satisfy her hunger that she's unafraid to take risks in the name of escape. And then it was never like, oh, they have to be on a record once I do record them. And all I could think to say/Was everythings going to be OK/Its gonna be all right/Im on your side, he sings. The song is called Empty Cups.. She performs in several settings and has received awards in each of them. However, Rapinos memo notes that Live Nation and artists can only make vaccines a requirement where permitted by law. Artists performing at government-operated venues in states where lawmakers have prohibited vaccine mandates will be prohibited from enforcing such measures. Tax ID: 26-2810489, Copyright 2022 Fresh Air. Im Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. And her latest album is called Take It Like A Man. Well be right back after a short break. Shires plays fiddle in her husband Jason Isbells band, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. And I followed a dress code. Where the fuck are the rest of them? GROSS: You know, youve said that a lot of the songs on this album come from a troubled period of your marriage to songwriter and singer Jason Isbell, who you perform with and who plays on this album. ISBELL: (Singing) Im on your side. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). But I am living still. It was there I found, beside the Alamo, enchantment, strange as the blue up above. And I know that he feels the same way I do. She makes the decision before it gets to the point where she makes a mistake, and I like that. So she did daytime job. I had people threatening me. And if anyone asks me, Ill say whats true I dont know. That one speaks to me. GROSS: Your mother earlier in her life worked as a bail bondsman, right? On top of that, Shires notes, the pro-life stance doesnt typically extend past birth. And she came over and I showed her. I know I can take it like a man. And this is after some kind of nebulous argument. Elizaveta Porodina/Courtesy of the artist If you want a driver, climb inside or only want to take me for a ride, you know you can. If youre just joining us, my guest is songwriter, singer and musician Amanda Shires. And so I got to do that basically because I was willing to work in a group and play a part and do just that thing and show up on time. To keep the newness from wearing off, for every start theres gonna be a stop. Recently, I had an ectopic pregnancy, she tweeted. Michael Schmelling. Cancelling shows feels awful, I know. And you got your start professionally at age 15 playing fiddle with the Texas Playboys. And I know I can take it like a man. I accept it now. It just seemed like the right thing to do because I dont want to spend my time on stage worried about if Im making people sick.. And thank you for putting up with me. So I started just taking notes on the radio because in 22 songs, [I heard] one womans voice and it was a Carrie Underwood song from six years before that or something. Our interviews and reviews are produced and edited by Amy Salit, Phyllis Myers, Sam Briger, Lauren Krenzel, Heidi Saman, Therese Madden, Ann Marie Baldonado, Thea Chaloner, Seth Kelley and Susan Nyakundi. And I think theres more valuable strength there than there is in suppressing your emotions and poisoning yourself with your own feelings, I guess. And she was also holding down a day job as a single mom. In a new interview, Shires who returns with her latest album Take It Like a Man in July goes deeper into her own experiences and calls on artists, especially those in Nashville, to start using the platforms theyve been given. And the fallopian tube just cant it it cant expand enough to accommodate a growing fetus. All Rights Reserved. And she would dance a little bit to the Beatles and stuff and started seeing the possibility that she might go into music one day. GROSS: Lets take another break here. And I said, Id love to. Jason Isbell performs in Gulf Shores, Alabama. / And the fear that I feel when I see my features reversed in my own daughter's face." Its a great song, so I thought wed play some of it. But if you dont, youre going to be wondering, What didnt I do? Will you look at me the same? SHIRES: About singing, yes. Her new album is called Take It Like A Man.. Never one to shy away from his beliefs, Isbell implored his fellow man, in Alabama or otherwise, to get vaccinated, that is, if they wanted to see him perform in person, hoping to make a difference. And then in my mind I thought, well, if he couldnt hear the frequency of my voice before, maybe he could hear it through music, you know? GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. And usually that works. OK. Im not joking. GROSS: So how seriously were you taken by the musicians in the band? Probably nobody enjoys it as much as I do, but its not a necessity for survival. Because thats not how I go into songwriting. This is FRESH AIR. GROSS: Oh, I wish he could have heard you do it. Whereas before, I would just, in my mind, wish it was something different like Etta James or something. But anyway so I went and I sat down in my barn of internal wandering. I like the way these lines kind of happened in our lives and like tributaries in a way that we dont realize are happening. WebBEHIND THE SCENES with Amanda Shires | Backstage at the Ryman Presented by Nissan | Ryman Auditorium 11,820 views Jan 1, 2019 92 Dislike Share Ryman Auditorium Theres nothing left to fix. Look at Texas' Primary. SHIRES: But I like it because I like to imagine like, if he was alive and I got to play this for him, I would be singing Im your Amanda. Amanda Rose Shires (born March 5, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and fiddle player. SHIRES: In 2016, I was going on the road. This is FRESH AIR. SHIRES: Thats well, see, Im accepting that it sounds like its supposed to now. And that, to me, was incredible, because they had abortions in what was a pre-Roe v. Wade environment and theyre only now sharing their stories for the first time. And Natalie said, I want the one about preaching. And this is the iteration of the band Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, which got their start in they were most famous in the 30s and 40s and 50s. When Roe is overturned, some healthcare workers may feel afraid to help people. And she also plays in her husband, Jason Isbells, band. Along You can call it serious trouble cause thats what I want. And the other parts, youre just kind of asleep. How Trump's Team Conned Susan Collins Into Dooming Roe v. Wade, Add Abortion to the List of Things Republicans Are Blaming for Uvalde, Want to Know What Politics Looks Like After Roe? But it was true. When Shires was in the hospital giving birth to their daughter, Mercy, in 2015, she had to disclose to her doctor, with her husband and mother in the room, that shed had an abortion. I could just trust based on how Leonard Cohen did all that work for us. WebAmanda Shires - The Problem (feat. Oh, I could have crowed. It is not trapped in your throat. It felt like maybe wed both leave at the same time. Shires started playing fiddle professionally when she was 15 with the band the Texas Playboys, which used to be led by Bob Wills, the father of Western Swing. If you share your story or share your beliefs, youre going to get some haters and trolls. If you see my milk cow, please drive her on home cause I had no milk and butter no since my cows been gone. The most-watched episode was from April 8th, filmed the day after John Prine In 2016 there was 13% representation of women to men on country radio, and now it still sits pleasantly at 16% on a good week. And the reason I think that my grandmother knew is because also lately, we found out that my moms oldest sister isnt doesnt have the same dad as her, as my granddad. 1,286 talking about this. How are we going to police that? 2023 WNET. In the decade-plus that Shires has been making solo albums in addition to working as a side person with Billy Joe Shaver, Justin Townes Earle and, eventually, her husband and fellow singer-songwriter Jason Isbell she's expressed self-consciousness about the shivers and tremors in her singing voice, tried to smooth them out of her delivery and ultimately embraced its untameness. Other than that, I think were all right. Thank you for your songs. And I think they probably had conversations that you would, if you were that close to each other, about that stuff and didnt bring it up. A few hours later, his band is peeling the wallpaper with their customary encore cover tune. And when I would write these songs, it was never in my mind, oh, I have to record them. The next year, she won a Grammy for best americana album as part of her husbands group, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. Our guest will be Mark Bergen, author of the new book Like, Comment, Subscribe in which he reports on how YouTube ushered in a world of abundant content and creativity of influencers and online hustlers, of information overload and endless culture wars. What does that phrase mean to you? For those who are unfamiliar, it is impossible for an ectopic pregnancy to go to term. Why didnt more people show up and speak up? If you want a boxer, Ill step in the ring for you. Isbell said everyone attending the bands shows would also be required to wear a mask. But theres a medication you can take that aborts the fertilized egg from your fallopian tube. Shires character wrestles with the decision and the right thing to do in her situation, while Isbells character offers his support for whatever decision she makes. SHIRES: I feel like its a little nasally, and I wish it was, like, a little bit lower. And my hands are two empty cups. Wills was the father of western swing. 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